Device for protecting cars.



I"To."7(:l2,98,8 PATENTED JULY 7. 1903. G. ZIMMERMAN.

DEVICE FOR PROTECTING CARS.

APPLIGATION FILED APR. 3, 1903.

N0. MODEL.

.ggw

a Q a S ami;

Qmwmw i I f ja Gun-A UNITED STATES Patented July 7, 1903.

PATENT FEIc CASPER ZIMMERMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALFTO CHARLES ANDERSON'AND J. M. KNADLE, OF VIENNA, SOUTH DAKOTA.

DEVICE FOR PROTECTlNG CARS.

SPECIFICATION forming part. of Letters Patent No. 732,988, dated July'7, 1903..

v A Application filed April 3, 1903. Serialll'o. 150,982. (No model.)

To all whom itmay concern: I

Be it known that I, CASPER ZIMMERMAN, a. citizen of the United States,residing at Ohicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Devices for ProtectingCars;

1 and Ido declare the following to be a fu1l,clear,

. of a car and fit over the end thereof and bel ing made of asubstantial metal, cast steel or iron, adapted to resist an enormouspressure lncident to cars coming in contact with each other in wrecks,&c., to prevent telescoping of the cars.

The invention consists, further, in various details of construction andin combinations and arrangeinentsof parts, as will be hereinafter fullydescribed and then specifically defined in the appended claim.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which-Figure 1 is a side elevation of a passengercar, showing myprotecting-shell as applied thereto. Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspectiveview of the shell removed. Fig. 3 is a sectional view centrally throughthe shell.

Reference now being bad to the details of the drawings by letter, Adesignates the body portion of a passenger-car of the usual.construction, and B designates my improved protecting-shell, which maybe made either of a single piece of cast metalor of plates of eithermalleable or cast metal securely riveted together, the thickness of theprotecting-shell being sufficient to withstand an enormous pressureincident to collisions. In the drawings I have shown the shell as madeof a single piece of metal and having a door-opening 0, about which is aflanged border D, bolted thereto, and a platform E, which is adapted torest upon the platform of a car. Projecting at right angles from thefront or the portion of the shell having a door-opening are theright-angled wings F, which are bolted to the sides of the car, as shownin Fig. l of the drawings. An integral plate K projects at right anglesfrom the highest portion of the shell and is adapted to be bolted to thetop of the car. These plates are so constructed as to fit various cars,either passenger or freight, and when applied in the manner shown areadapted to equalize the impact of a collision and distribute the forceover the entire length of the car, and, being made of thick metal, willwithstand an enormous pressure.

protecting apparatus embodying my invenchanges therein without departingfrom the spirit of the invention.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-- a A protecting apparatus forcars, comprising a shell of metal adapted to conform to and fit over theend of a car, said shell having a platform, and arms which project overthe sides and top of the car and adapted to be bolted or otherwisesecured thereto, as set forth.

In testimony whereof I hereunto afi'ixlmy signature in presence of twowitnesses.

CASPER ZIMMERMAN,

Witnesses:

A. L. HOUGH, FRANKLIN H. HOUGH.

While I have shown a particular shape of I

